Richard's Pretension

The very first adult novel I ever read recreationally (3 rd grade, I think) qualifies as science fiction: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Los...

I’m writing this paragraph while waiting to have a very unwelcome discussion this afternoon with a friend who I hope still will be a friend...

Spring has sprung. As the weather warms and our clothes cover steadily less, many of us are trying to shed the winter poundage before...

The ides of March have passed and earth’s do-si-do with the sun brings the end of NJ’s snowiest winter in two decades within spitting dista...

Evolutionary psychologists often argue that male extravagance is a peacock’s tail. That is to say, it serves no useful function other than ...

Recently having finished a history by Mark Kurlansky (see January 13 blog) written from the perspective of a ‘60s New Left activist, I plum...

I have a fairly good head for trivia. Not a spectacular one. I won’t be replacing Mark Labbett on The Chase or even be facing him as a con...